Harrison County Ohio Truck Accident Lawyer | 51-Year-Old Man Injured in Athens Ohio Semi-Truck Accident

City: Athens, Ohio
County: Harrison County, Ohio
Date of Accident: July 7, 2011
Type of Accident: One-Vehicle Accident/Semi Accident

An accident occurred on State Route 149 in Athens, Harrison, Ohio which resulted in injuries for a 51 year old man on July 7, 2011 at approximately 7:30 pm. Police reports are that a 1999 Tractor/Semi-Trailer was headed south on State Route 149 when the tractor allegedly traveled around a right curve and rolled over onto its left side spilling tons of coal onto the roadway. The 51 year old male driver sustained injuries.

In Ohio last year, accidents which occurred and were not a collision of two vehicles in transport amounted to 23,253 which caused injuries. Athens Ohio whose population in 2010 was 520 suffered a total of 10 injury crashes which resulted in 13 persons being injured. There were 5,213 injury crashes which were as a result of drivers traveling at unsafe speeds in Ohio last year. Those which involved tractor/semi trailers amounted to 1,875 which resulted in injuries. Accidents which occurred when it was clear amounted to 42,440 which resulted in injuries. Accidents which occurred on the roadway amounted to 59,706 which resulted in injuries. Accidents which were not hit/skip last year were 67,178 which caused injuries. Accidents which occurred when drivers were apparently normal were 117,682 which resulted in injuries.
 

If you've been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in Archer, Green, Rumley, or Athens please call the Harrison County car, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian accident and wrongful death attorneys / lawyers at Chester Law Group at 1-800-218-4243 or visit our video website and order your FREE BOOK entitled "The Insider's Guide to Handling Ohio Accident Claims" at www.ChesterLaw.com.